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. J. A. WHELPLEY.

. v I SKATE. No. 377,703. Patented Feb. 7, 1888.

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UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. WHELPLEY, OF KEENEfNEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNQR TO THE KEENE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,703, dated February 7, 1888.

Application filed March 9, 1887. Serial No. 230,303. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that 1, JAMES ALBERT WHELP- LEY, a citizen of Canada, residing at Keene, in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ice-Skates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of skates known as racing skatesthat is, skates with very long blades.

Heretofore the runners of skates of this class have been made thick, because a thin runner was not strong enough, and runners so made interfere very materially with the speed of the skater.

Now, the object of my invention is to produce a racing-skate with a thin runner.

The invention consists in securing upon the top of the runner a thin flat piece of metal,

whereby the runner is materially strengthened,

and .I am enabled to employ a comparatively thin runner.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a racing-skate embodying my invention, with the foot-plate removed. Fig. 2 is a section on line as x of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on line zz of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section on line y y of Fig. 1.

A represents the runner, to the top of which is secured a flat piece of metal, B, that gives rigidity to the runner A. This piece of metal I A, I prefer to secure to the runner in the manner shown in the drawingsthat is, by means of the hangers G, the lower ends of which are provided with lugs 'c, that pass through slits formed in the fiat metal piece B, a hole being made through the lugs and the runner, so that they can be secured together by means of the rivets d d. U

When there is a long space between the hangers, I secure the flat piece of metal B to the runner A by means of pieces of metal, 0, 7

provided at the lower ends with lugs c, and 

